Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 260 290
Rank change year-on-year -42 +30 -74
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 483 523 829
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.23% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.32% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 196 305 487
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,175 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.70% -6.32%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £99,000 £112,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 58,352 39,745 74,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.73% 93.47% 87.16%
Number of salaries quoted 35,337 22,215 56,156
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,029
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,424 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 19 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -39 437 £75,000 +8.11% 205
London +45 252 £90,000 +22.03% 98
Work from Home +36 211 £75,000 +15.38% 101
UK excluding London -107 180 £63,076 -2.96% 130
North of England -41 53 £75,000 -3.23% 28
South East -96 40 £57,500 -11.54% 45
Midlands -42 35 £63,076 -2.96% 18
North West -11 33 £80,000 +1.59% 16
West Midlands -13 26 £60,288 -7.25% 9
East of England +3 21 £60,100 -12.58% 17
South West -53 19 £62,500 -3.29% 13
Yorkshire -29 18 £68,510 +110.80% 9
Northern Ireland -21 11 £75,000 +26.20% 1
East Midlands -56 9 £80,000 +12.28% 9
Wales -11 4 £61,001 +2.64% 5
Scotland -32 3 £70,000 +55.56% 8
North East -25 2 £63,076 -23.54% 3

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (3.52%) Confluence
2 11 (2.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 11 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.62%) CMS
4 2 (0.41%) CICS
4 2 (0.41%) MTS
5 1 (0.21%) Drupal
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 18 (3.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 18 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.62%) Trello
6 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (2.28%) Payment Gateway
2 10 (2.07%) Workfront
3 5 (1.04%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.62%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.21%) Magento
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 58 (12.01%) AWS
1 58 (12.01%) SaaS
2 48 (9.94%) Azure
3 21 (4.35%) Power Platform
4 19 (3.93%) Pulumi
5 17 (3.52%) iPaaS
6 14 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (2.90%) GCP
6 14 (2.90%) GitHub
7 10 (2.07%) GitHub Copilot
8 9 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (1.86%) OneDrive
8 9 (1.86%) PaaS
9 8 (1.66%) H2O.ai
9 8 (1.66%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.04%) Asana
10 5 (1.04%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.83%) Collibra
11 4 (0.83%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.83%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 42 (8.70%) Broadband
2 11 (2.28%) HTTP
3 9 (1.86%) SD-WAN
4 8 (1.66%) WAN
5 6 (1.24%) LAN
5 6 (1.24%) RTP
6 5 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.83%) Wireless
8 3 (0.62%) Multicast
8 3 (0.62%) NGN
9 2 (0.41%) 5G
9 2 (0.41%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.41%) Network Security
9 2 (0.41%) VPN
10 1 (0.21%) 4G
10 1 (0.21%) Bluetooth
10 1 (0.21%) Firewall
10 1 (0.21%) MPLS
10 1 (0.21%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.42%) Metadata
2 20 (4.14%) NoSQL
2 20 (4.14%) Power BI
2 20 (4.14%) RDBMS
2 20 (4.14%) Relational Database
3 9 (1.86%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.45%) Tableau
5 6 (1.24%) Data Mining
5 6 (1.24%) SAP BW
5 6 (1.24%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.62%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.41%) Big Data
7 2 (0.41%) DB2
8 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (4.97%) JIRA
2 19 (3.93%) Jaeger
3 3 (0.62%) ERwin
3 3 (0.62%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.21%) Git
General
1 182 (37.68%) Finance
2 167 (34.58%) Social Skills
3 125 (25.88%) Marketing
4 84 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (12.84%) Banking
6 58 (12.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (9.73%) Retail
8 43 (8.90%) Law
9 38 (7.87%) Legal
10 34 (7.04%) Influencing Skills
10 34 (7.04%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (6.21%) Financial Institution
12 24 (4.97%) Back Office
13 23 (4.76%) Public Sector
14 20 (4.14%) Manufacturing
15 17 (3.52%) Digital Economy
16 16 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (2.28%) Automotive
18 10 (2.07%) Electronics
19 9 (1.86%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 133 (27.54%) Product Manager
2 71 (14.70%) Lead
3 62 (12.84%) Senior
4 37 (7.66%) Product Owner
5 35 (7.25%) Senior Manager
6 29 (6.00%) Senior Product Manager
7 19 (3.93%) Product Lead
8 17 (3.52%) Digital Product Manager
9 16 (3.31%) Change Manager
9 16 (3.31%) Developer
10 15 (3.11%) Consultant
11 14 (2.90%) Product Management Director
12 12 (2.48%) Data Manager
12 12 (2.48%) Development Engineer
12 12 (2.48%) Software Engineer
13 11 (2.28%) Cloud Engineer
13 11 (2.28%) Security Engineer
13 11 (2.28%) Software Development Engineer
14 10 (2.07%) Senior Development Engineer
14 10 (2.07%) Senior Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.93%) Elastic Stack
1 19 (3.93%) OpenTelemetry
2 14 (2.90%) REST
3 9 (1.86%) YAML
4 8 (1.66%) Keras
4 8 (1.66%) PyTorch
4 8 (1.66%) TensorFlow
5 4 (0.83%) .NET
6 3 (0.62%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.41%) CSS
7 2 (0.41%) HTML
7 2 (0.41%) Next.js
7 2 (0.41%) Spring
7 2 (0.41%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.21%) EDI
8 1 (0.21%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.21%) PySpark
8 1 (0.21%) SOAP
8 1 (0.21%) XML
8 1 (0.21%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 106 (21.95%) Product Ownership
2 34 (7.04%) Self-Motivation
3 33 (6.83%) Onboarding
4 28 (5.80%) Management Information System
4 28 (5.80%) Social Media
5 23 (4.76%) Cloud Native
6 18 (3.73%) Marketing Technology
7 17 (3.52%) Over-the-Top Content
8 12 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.48%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.86%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.66%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.45%) Data Fabric
12 6 (1.24%) IoT
12 6 (1.24%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.04%) Driving Licence
13 5 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.76%) Linux
2 19 (3.93%) Unix
3 6 (1.24%) Windows
4 2 (0.41%) zOS
5 1 (0.21%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (54.24%) Roadmaps
2 220 (45.55%) Agile
3 128 (26.50%) Product Roadmap
4 105 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 103 (21.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 100 (20.70%) Product Strategy
7 95 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
8 92 (19.05%) Mentoring
9 91 (18.84%) AI
10 85 (17.60%) Product Vision
11 75 (15.53%) Analytics
11 75 (15.53%) Decision-Making
12 69 (14.29%) User Experience
13 63 (13.04%) User Stories
14 61 (12.63%) Coaching
15 60 (12.42%) Business Development
16 57 (11.80%) Customer Experience
16 57 (11.80%) Information Security
17 56 (11.59%) Project Management
18 51 (10.56%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 43 (8.90%) Python
2 35 (7.25%) Java
3 27 (5.59%) SQL
4 25 (5.18%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.14%) Go
6 19 (3.93%) Bash
7 9 (1.86%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.83%) C#
9 3 (0.62%) Bicep
10 2 (0.41%) COBOL
10 2 (0.41%) JCL
10 2 (0.41%) PHP
10 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.21%) R
11 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (18.43%) Degree
2 36 (7.45%) Master's Degree
3 29 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (4.76%) Security Cleared
5 20 (4.14%) AWS Certification
6 14 (2.90%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.45%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.45%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.45%) PMP
8 6 (1.24%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.04%) MBA
10 3 (0.62%) HNC
10 3 (0.62%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.41%) CBAP
11 2 (0.41%) CCNA
11 2 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.41%) CISSP
11 2 (0.41%) CSPO
11 2 (0.41%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.76%) QA
2 13 (2.69%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.07%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.07%) NCSC
5 9 (1.86%) NIST
6 6 (1.24%) GDPR
7 5 (1.04%) IFRS
7 5 (1.04%) PMO
8 4 (0.83%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.83%) SLA
9 2 (0.41%) COREP
9 2 (0.41%) FINREP
9 2 (0.41%) PERC
10 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.21%) GRC
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.21%) PSD2
10 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 23 (4.76%) Docker
2 2 (0.41%) RACF
3 1 (0.21%) Firmware
3 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (5.38%) Terraform
2 23 (4.76%) Kubernetes
3 19 (3.93%) Ansible
3 19 (3.93%) Argo
3 19 (3.93%) Kustomize
3 19 (3.93%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 47 (9.73%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.83%) Google
3 25 (5.18%) Adobe
4 15 (3.11%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.86%) Oracle
6 8 (1.66%) Databricks
6 8 (1.66%) Dell
6 8 (1.66%) NVIDIA
7 7 (1.45%) SAP
8 6 (1.24%) Foundry
9 4 (0.83%) Sage
9 4 (0.83%) Toshiba
9 4 (0.83%) YouTube
10 3 (0.62%) Apple
10 3 (0.62%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.62%) CQG
10 3 (0.62%) ION Trading
10 3 (0.62%) Patsystems
10 3 (0.62%) Reuters
10 3 (0.62%) Trayport